A dentist who failed to treat the severely decaying teeth of a pensioner for four years committed serious failings amounting to misconduct, a dental committee decided.

Hinal Mahendra Patel, the principal dentist at Epsom Dental Care, in Dorking Road, Epsom, had 11 conditions imposed on his practice for two years with immediate effect, at a hearing of the General Dental Council’s professional conduct committee on February 7.

The committee found all but two of the 21 charges against Mr Patel to be proven.

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